Vivien Leigh

Acting

Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley on November 5, 1913, in Darjeeling, British India) was an English actress renowned for her roles in Hollywood and British theater. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, portraying Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), both performances that solidified her place among the greatest actresses of classic cinema.

Known for:

Gone with the Wind The Ed Sullivan Show A Streetcar Named Desire Waterloo Bridge Dark Journey That's Entertainment! III Small World Glorious Technicolor Anna Karenina 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Look Up and Laugh That Hamilton Woman